NodesPaths

FlowRedundancy

Nodes PathsFlow Redundancy

Design Idea

networks

First Principle:

How can multiple networks (spatial, urban, structural) be integrated in a design?

Redundancy and Indeterminance Test

Paths Test

Nodes and Flow

enter herefor loop 1,

Integrating Structural and Spatial Networks

• multiple paths/columns adds redundant strength• a system is only as good as its connections • failure is immanent when horizontal member is comprised• with each removal, something is in fact lost.

• redundancy is dependant on conditions of addition and subtraction• subtraction for addition: tools removes material in order to join • guided paths travel parallel to guide path of least resistance• unguided paths are undetermined until reading edge or guide

• flowrate(ofcustomers)haveadirectcorrelationtonode(stall)growth(numberofcustomers).

• criticalmass(ofstands/customers)createspositiveredundancy• location and function of a node will affect the success of sur-

rounding nodes

• structural/pathway redundancy added in case of partial system failure• buildingsdirectflowreducingpathwayredundancybutforming“space”• strategicplacementofstructuralmembers/locationofstandsreflectthe

strength of the over all system as well as the individual members

Sticks & Bricks Model

Tool Path Study Farmers Market Study 1

Translation + Synthesis

Redundancy and Indeterminance Test

Paths Test

Nodes and Flow

Integrating Structural and Spatial Networks • multiple paths/columns adds redundant strength

• a system is only as good as its connections • failure is immanent when horizontal member is comprised• with each removal, something is in fact lost.

• redundancy is dependant on conditions of addition and subtraction• subtraction for addition: tools removes material in order to join • guided paths travel parallel to guide path of least resistance• unguided paths are undetermined until reading edge or guide

• flowrate(ofcustomers)haveadirectcorrelationtonode(stall)growth(numberofcustomers).

• criticalmass(ofstands/customers)createspositiveredundancy• location and function of a node will affect the success of sur-

rounding nodes

• structural/pathway redundancy added in case of partial system failure• buildingsdirectflowreducingpathwayredundancybutforming“space”• strategicplacementofstructuralmembers/locationofstandsreflectthe

strength of the over all system as well as the individual members Sticks & Bricks Model

Tool Path Study Farmers Market Study 1

Translation + Synthesis

enter herefor loop 1,

node

no guides - meandering path to edge

point

horizontalinfluence verticalinfluence

path runs parallel to guide

Redundancy and Indeterminance Test

Paths Test

Nodes and Flow

Integrating Structural and Spatial Networks

• multiple paths/columns adds redundant strength• a system is only as good as its connections • failure is immanent when horizontal member is comprised• with each removal, something is in fact lost.

• redundancy is dependant on conditions of addition and subtraction• subtraction for addition: tools removes material in order to join • guided paths travel parallel to guide path of least resistance• unguided paths are undetermined until reading edge or guide

• flowrate(ofcustomers)haveadirectcorrelationtonode(stall)growth(numberofcustomers).

• criticalmass(ofstands/customers)createspositiveredundancy• location and function of a node will affect the success of sur-

rounding nodes

• structural/pathway redundancy added in case of partial system failure• buildingsdirectflowreducingpathwayredundancybutforming“space”• strategicplacementofstructuralmembers/locationofstandsreflectthe

strength of the over all system as well as the individual members

Sticks & Bricks Model

Tool Path Study

Farmers Market Study 1

Translation + Synthesis

Creperie Mobile _ Food

Total people _ 4

Shani’s Farm _ Market

Total people _ 3

Cosman and Whidden

Honey _ Specialized

MarketTotal people _ 10

Rays of India _ Food

Total people _ 20

The Cake Lady _ Food

Total people _ 15

Medium Flow

Medium Flow

High Flow

High Flow

Altered path based on stall influence

Wrap so D Catering _ FoodTotal People _ 2

The Main Squeeze_ DrinksTotal People _ 8

Stairs

Mary’s African Cuisine _ FoodTotal People _11

JB Soda _ DrinksTotal People _12

Medium FlowMedium Flow

High Flow High Flow

Low Flow

Altered path based on stall influence

Rose Lane Farm _ Market

Total People _ 16

East Coast Family Market _ Market

Total People _ 16

Heppy’s Pie Lady

Total People _ 10

Medium Flow High Flow

High Flow

Altere

d path base

d on stall i

nfluence

Hillcrest F

arm _ M

arket

Total People _ 8

Sea Blooms _ Specialized MarketTotal People _ 10

Altered path based on stall influence

Medium Flow High Flow

High Flow

Altered path based on stall influence

Medium Flow High Flow

Low Flow

High Flow

Cheelin Express _ FoodTotal People _ 12

Pasture Hill Farm _ MarketTotal People _ 3

Noggins Corner Farm _ MarketTotal People _ 15

Plan Perspective

Plan Perspective

Plan Perspective

Network Conclusions across Market and Model tests:

• flowrate(ofcustomers)haveadirectcorrelationtothenode(stall)growth(numberofcustomers).

• nodes that engages the senses will attract more customers• location and function of a node will affect the success of

surrounding nodes.• the pauses caused by people can create new pathway in

the market• when the moving circulation approaches the paused area,

the circulation tends to bend away from it or gets trapped by it’s effect

• areas with a history of pauses will continuously repeat itself

Redundancy and Indeterminance Test

Paths Test

Nodes and Flow

Integrating Structural and Spatial Networks

• multiple paths/columns adds redundant strength• a system is only as good as its connections • failure is immanent when horizontal member is comprised• with each removal, something is in fact lost.

• redundancy is dependant on conditions of addition and subtraction• subtraction for addition: tools removes material in order to join

• structural/pathway redundancy added in case of partial system failure• buildingsdirectflowreducingpathwayredundancybutforming“space”• strategicplacementofstructuralmembers/locationofstandsreflectthe

strength of the over all system as well as the individual members

Sticks & Bricks Model

Tool Path Study Farmers Market Study 1

Translation + Synthesis

Redundancy and Indeterminance Test

Paths Test

Nodes and Flow

Integrating Structural and Spatial Networks

• multiple paths/columns adds redundant strength• a system is only as good as its connections • failure is immanent when horizontal member is comprised• with each removal, something is in fact lost.

• redundancy is dependant on conditions of addition and subtraction• subtraction for addition: tools removes material in order to join • guided paths travel parallel to guide path of least resistance• unguided paths are undetermined until reading edge or guide

• flowrate(ofcustomers)haveadirectcorrelationtonode(stall)growth(numberofcustomers).

• criticalmass(ofstands/customers)createspositiveredundancy• location and function of a node will affect the success of sur-

rounding nodes

• structural/pathway redundancy added in case of partial system failure• buildingsdirectflowreducingpathwayredundancybutforming“space”• strategicplacementofstructuralmembers/locationofstandsreflectthe

strength of the over all system as well as the individual members

Sticks & Bricks Model

Tool Path Study Farmers Market Study 1

Translation + Synthesis

Nodes

What is a node? How do you create a new path and make others fails?What is an obstruction?

PathsFlow Redundancy

Design IdeaLoop 2 networks

Revised Question:

What are the bare essentials in a network?Using a minimum set of components: two paths and node, explore a set of essential relationships.

Obstructions Test

Nodes and Paths

enter herefor loop 2,

Integrating Structural and Spatial Networks

• site: Medjuck front lawn as study zone• existing nodes: buildings, trees, benches, etc. • paths: map informal and formal• consider“tool”pathindesign• massing study with light

• humannodesobstructestablishedflowpath• when node scales up, it splits into two or three nodes and

new paths form in between• sometimes visual and aural connections between human

nodes create enough of a barrier to block a path and strengthen a node

• designed and built three 1:1 node components• assembled on front lawn• rearrangedpositionstoexplorenodeandpathdefinition• secondary sources: Tschumi, van Eyck, Vortex research

1:1 Design Part 1

1:1 Design Part 2

Farmers Market Study 2

Translation + Synthesis

Obstructions Test

Nodes and Paths

enter herefor loop 2,

Integrating Structural and Spatial Networks

• site: Medjuck front lawn as study zone• existing nodes: buildings, trees, benches, etc. • paths: map informal and formal• consider“tool”pathindesign• massing study with light

• humannodesobstructestablishedflowpath• when node scales up, it splits into two or three nodes and

new paths form in between• sometimes visual and aural connections between human

nodes create enough of a barrier to block a path and strengthen a node

• designed and built three 1:1 node components• assembled on front lawn• rearrangedpositionstoexplorenodeandpathdefinition• secondary sources: Tschumi, van Eyck, Vortex research

1:1 Design Part 1

1:1 Design Part 2

Farmers Market Study 2

Translation + Synthesis

Obstructions Test

Nodes and Paths

enter herefor loop 2,

Integrating Structural and Spatial Networks

• site: Medjuck front lawn as study zone• existing nodes: buildings, trees, benches, etc. • paths: map informal and formal• consider“tool”pathindesign• massing study with light

• humannodesobstructestablishedflowpath• when node scales up, it splits into two or three nodes and

new paths form in between• sometimes visual and aural connections between human

nodes create enough of a barrier to block a path and strengthen a node

• designed and built three 1:1 node components• assembled on front lawn• rearrangedpositionstoexplorenodeandpathdefinition• secondary sources: Tschumi, van Eyck, Vortex research

1:1 Design Part 1

1:1 Design Part 2

Farmers Market Study 2

Translation + Synthesis

Multi-National City: New York

Architects: Martin/Baxi Architects

Location: New York City, World Trade Centre Site

• Proposal for the World Trade Centre competition in 2003.

• A memorial for the victims of the 9/11 World Trade Centre event.

Concept:

• The design increased the total built area of the site from 15 million square foot to 24 million square foot.

• The height of each floor varied algorithmically to represent a barcode-like section.

• The total height of the new towers matched the height of the original tow-ers of 1360 feet. At the top of this tripod supported a stack of 20 ground zero sites. With a park on top.

• Ground:

o At the street level, spirals ramps at the foot of each tower would descend in the massive parking lots.

o Looking up for the ground at the hovering surface above, one would find the foot prints of the original tower which are formed by two upside-down voids. The glow of this horizontal surface framed the original locations of where the towers used to be.

• The Vortices

o Shooting through the centre of each tower is a cylindrical, structural void, a hole instead of an atrium that opened to the sky.

o Around its perimeter are glass elevators that would travel from the garage, PATH. and subway to the sky lobby.

o From there commuters, tourist, shoppers, and residents could trav-el to other floors or up to the park above.

Biliography

Martin, Reinhold. And Kadambari Baxi. Multi-National City. Architectural Itinerar-ies. Barcelona: Actar, 2007.

Martin/Baxi Architects. “Multi-Nation City: New York” Accessed November 19, 2012. http://www.martinbaxi.com/.

Parc de la Villette

Architect: Berbard Tschumi Architects (BTA)

Location: Paris. 125 acres(55 hectares) Quai de I’Oise x Boulevard Périplhérique

• Parc de la Villette is located on the largest parks in Paris.

• A manifestation of Tschumi’s writing and theory on architectural deconstruc-tivism focused on space, movement, and event.

Concept,

•

• The follies (nodes) work together to navigate the user through the parks area.

• The bright red cladding allows the user identify their placement on the landscape and used to unify their relationship. However, each of the follies function differently.

• The components are organized and linked together by a grid and sometimes physically tied together by bridges and structure.

• While some follies are not physically attached to each other, they still achieve invisible links.

• Circulation is both determined and arbitrary.

o Although tied together by the parks walkway, the curious look-ing follies not only draws circulation to them, but around and within them too.

Bibliography

Hardingham, Samantha. and Kester Rattenbury. Bernard Tschumi: Parc de la Vil-lette. New York, Routledge. 2012.

Wordpress: Nathanssu. “Defining Hybird” Accessed November 19, 2012. http://nathanssu.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/defining-hybrid-precedent-studies/

Obstructions Test

Nodes and Paths

enter herefor loop 2,

Integrating Structural and Spatial Networks

• site: Medjuck front lawn as study zone• existing nodes: buildings, trees, benches, etc. • paths: map informal and formal• consider“tool”pathindesign• massing study with light

• humannodesobstructestablishedflowpath• when node scales up, it splits into two or three nodes and

new paths form in between• sometimes visual and aural connections between human

nodes create enough of a barrier to block a path and strengthen a node

• designed and built three 1:1 node components• assembled on front lawn• rearrangedpositionstoexplorenodeandpathdefinition• secondary sources: Tschumi, van Eyck, Vortex research 1:1 Design Part 1

1:1 Design Part 2

Farmers Market Study 2

Translation + Synthesis

Obstructions Test

Farmers Market Study 2

Integrated Aperiodic Multi-threaded Design Iterations

Nodes and FlowFarmers Market Study 1

Redundancy and Indeterminance Test

Sticks & Bricks Model

Nodes and Paths

Integrating Structural and Spatial Networks

1:1 Design Part 1

1:1 Design Part 2